special protection areas

As regards the special protection areas they have completely ignored their obligations.

Special protection areas - strictly protected sites classified for rare and vulnerable birds.

Furthermore, the planned reservoirs are located in Special Protection Areas.

Special Protection Areas provide protection to birds, their nests, eggs and habitats.

Parts of the coast are additionally defined as special protection areas (or 'SPAs').

In relation to Natura 2000, the Teesmouth and Cleveland coasts have been classified as special protection areas under that programme.

Northern Ireland has 9 areas of outstanding natural beauty, 47 national nature reserves, 43 special areas of conservation, and 10 special protection areas.

Development has destroyed much of the heath but scattered fragments remain to the north of Poole and have been designated Special Protection Areas.

Projects had to target Special Protection Areas or Sites of EU Importance and the species listed in the directives.

Special Protection Areas (SPA)

Four countries – the Netherlands, France, Italy and Finland – have Court judgments against them for inadequate designation of special protection areas for birds.

SACs complement Special Protection Areas and together form a network of protected sites across the European Union called Natura 2000.

The Levels and Moors include 32 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, of which 12 are also Special Protection Areas.

The Birds Directive requires the establishment of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for birds.

Since 1991 the Parc Natural de l'Albufera has also been included in the Special Protection Areas (Zepa in Spanish).

Some of the sites are included in the European Union's Natura 2000 network and Special Protection Areas for the Conservation of Wild Birds.

Santoña, Victoria and Joyel marshes are also Special Protection Areas for the birds (ZEPA).

A part of the area is also part of the list of Special Protection Areas and Site of Community Importance of Calabria.

"Today has seen our ambition to put in place special protection areas for marine life off the coast of England take a significant step forward," said Environment Minister Richard Benyon.

Therefore, we must insist that some areas that are particularly sensitive to sulphur emissions from bunker fuel, such as the areas I have just mentioned, be declared special protection areas.

Under this Directive, a network of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) comprising suitable habitat for Annex I species is to be designated.

Four important birdlife areas in the north-west of Wales have been designated as Special Protection Areas,(SPAs), by the Welsh Office.

The government has designated seven sites in Scotland as special protection areas (SPAs) under the terms of the EC's directive on Conservation of Wild Birds.

The laws defending our special areas of conservation and special protection areas impose costs on business only if business wants to trash the few corners of England which have been placed off-limits.

There are a number of natural reservations along the Isar, including special protection areas for birds, for example the natural reserve Vogelfreistätte Mittlere Isarstauseen northeast of Moosburg.